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HOSE REEL. I APPLICATIQN FILED AUG-6,1915.

Patented Aug. 22; 1916.

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NORMAN FREDERICK DAVID BEARD, or ronouro, onrAnIq-oAnADA;

HOSE-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Application filed August 6, 1315. Serial N 0. 44,015.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN FREDERICK DAVID BEARD, a subject .of the King of Great Britain, of the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Reels, of which the following is a specification. a

My invention relates to improvements in hose reels, and relates more particularly to improvements in hose reels designed for indoor use, and around which the hose 1s stored, and the objects 'of my invention are first, to reduce to a single operation the unreeling of a hose and the turning on of a full flow of water, so that a stream of wa-.

ter may be more quickly directed to a given point than would be the case were the water valve to be opened by a separate movement; second, where the hose reel is to be supported so as to be swung against a wall, to provide resilient means. constantly under tension when the reel is not in use, and held under tension by means which will be destroyed by a rise in temperature, so that the energy stored in said resilient means 'will bemade use of to throwithe reel automatically into a position where it is locked so that immediately the hose is unwound therefrom water may be turned on, and third to provide a particular. construction of gear for the controlling valve in the conduit supplying the hose fwith water so that in the type of my reel which is not'mounted to be swung horizontally on said conduit, the said controlling valve may be closed without having to immediately rewind the hose for that purpose, and so prevent wastage of, water, and the preferred construction of my invention will be hereinafter set forth, and what I claim as new will be pointed out in the claims forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my'hose T reel showing the same coupledrptola suitable stand pipe andsupport. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross section on the line 2-2 Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sideelevation'fofone of theend members of the reel, showing the spring mounted thereon whereby energyis stored as the hose is unwound, and Fig. 4: is a. central longitudinal section through the valve gear for the controlling valve.

In the drawings like characters of'refe'r:

ence indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Any suitable type of reel proper may be employed by me in putting my invention into practice, and although I do not show the cross bars therefor as yieldingly mounted to permit of the expansion of the hose as it fills with water, I do not consider this necessary because this feature does not form a part of my'invention, and furthermore it is old in the art,

Thereel iscomposed of end members A and B carrying suitable cross bars C around which the hose (not shown) is wound. The end member'A is provided with teeth, and is suitably journaled on any suitable coupling-support D which is carried by any suitable union E suitably mounted, when required, to turn on the vertical axis of the brancr pipe F which is coupled to the stand pipe H is any suitable coupling memberrotatably coupled after any suitable manner to the coupling support D.

I 1s the usual connection to which the end of the hose (not shown) is attached. The end member B is journaled on the stud 2 carried by the bracket 3 connected to the coupling 4 carried by the branch pipe F. This coupling may be made to have movement around the branch pipe F when the reel is designed to be swung out of the way against the wall. Coupled to the branch pipe F is any suitable type of valve 5, for instance a gate valve, and this valve controls the passage of water to the coupling memberH. The spindle 6 of the valve 5 projects beyond 'one side of this valve, and suitably coupled to said spindle, as by means of the set screw a is a hub b. Integrally carried by this hub is a spindle 0 on which is feathered the toothed wheel 7 d is the feather key. 0 is the key-way. The said toothed wheel is retained on the spindle byany suitable means such as a split pin 1. The toothed wheel 7 is normally in contact with the end r of the hub b, and when the reel is ready for use, this said toothed wheel is in mesh with the teeth of the end member A. When the attendant grasps the nozzle of the hose (not shown), the act of pulling on the hose will cause the reel to rotate, thus consequently rotating thetoothed wheel 7. Through the parts before. described, this movement of said toothed wheel is conveyed to the spindle 6, thus opening the valve 5. I calculate that, for example by the time about ten feet of hose have been unreeled, the valve shall have been fully opened.

The face of the toothed wheel 7 is considerably wider than the face of the toothed end member A so that the said toothed wheel will be in mesh long enough with the toothed member A to permit of the full opening of the valve 5. By the time this valve has been fully opened, the toothed wheel 7 shall have been moved out of mesh with the toothed member A, thus allowing v as much hose as is desired'to be unwound purpose,

from the reel.

From the foregoing part of this specification it will be understood that by the combination of essential elements set forth, it only requires one movement on the part of the attendant to unreel the hose and turn on the water. This reduction to a minimum of movements isvery important. Oftentimes during excitement, a hose is reeled out to the fire without the water having been turned on. In many cases large fires can be entirely prevented by the saving even of a few seconds of time.

Where my hose reel is mounted to merely rotate and not to be capable of a horizontal swinging movement around its support, some means must be provided to permit the valve 5 to be closed without the necessity of having to turn the reel backward for that or in other words rewind the hose thereon. After the valve 5 has been fully opened, the toothed wheel 7 is of course automatically moved out ofmesh with the toothed member A. Now to independently close the valve 5 without reference to the said reel, the operator grasps the toothed wheel 7 feathered on the spindle c, and operates the same to close the valve. Then he moves the toothed wheel 7 longitudinally on the spindle 0 into contact with the hub 6, during which movement the scribed is moved into mesh. Allowing for the independentclosing of the valve 5 prevents wastage of water through the hose (not shown).

Obviously where my ma is mounted to move horizontally on its support, this horizontal movement will permit of the moving 7 of thetoothed member A out of engagement with the toothed wheel 7, and consequently in such case it will not be necessary to V feather the toothed wheel 7 on the spindle e.

In order to store energy as the hose is being unwound, Iprovide the coil spring'8, one end of which is suitably secured to the stud 2, and the other end of which is suitably secured to the end member B, for example by means of a pin 9 carried by said gearing deend member. The rotary movement of the reel will result in the winding up of the spring. Particularly in f hospitals where there are nurses, fires may occur when none 7 of the men attendants are around. Now where energy can be stored to rewind the hose after it has been used, and made use of in a simple way by those not familiar with and energy is saved, and the chances of mechanical apparatus,'a great deal of time I making mistakes are reduced to a minimum. 1

13 may be used to retainthe said pawl in.

operative position. 16 is a stub for said,

pawl carried by said block. The block 13 is adjustabl I mounted on the bracket 3 and held in position by thethumb nut 17. 7

It will be understood that when a is (1e;

sired to make use of theenergy stored in the spring 8, the block 13 will be lowered to remove the pawl out of contact with the" teeth 10.

hose reel maybe mounted so as to I have movement only on its longitudinal axis,

though conditions under which the samemay be installed demand that the reel be constructed so as to be swung out of the way against 'a -wall. Now; in order that the.

toothed end member A may be automatically brought into mesh" with the1toothed wheel 7 as the reel is swung from'the dotted means to performthat function. Mypreposition illustrated in Fig. 2 into theposition shown in Fig. 1, I provide any suitable ferredlmeans comprises aspring 17 which is coupled after any suitable manner asshown at 18 to the standpipe G and as, shown at 1.

19 to the bracket 3. When the reel-isswung into the position illustrated in Fig. 2,energy is stored in the spring 17. .suitablemeans is provided to retain the spring'17 in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and when this retaining means is released from the spring 1 I 17, this spring is strong enough to move the reel into the position lllustrated in Fig. '1, 7 thus bringing the .toothed member A into' mesh with the toothed wheel 7.

Tolock the reel in the posi any suitable means may be employed. I

show a well-known type-'of'bolt 20 o era...

tends up into a pocket 23formed in thecoupling member24, of any suitable construction carried by the union E and mounted' to' r V 7 tion illustrated in Fig. 1 after the spring 17 has operated,

rotate on the branch pipe F. The upper, end 7 of this bolt will ride'against the flange 25. of the member 24; so as to always be ready to shoot into the pocket 23 when this pocket is positioned for that operation. Of course the bolt 20 is retracted from the pocket 23 when it is desired to swing the reel into the position shown in Fig. 2.

In order to reduce to a minimum the chances of mistakes being made during excitement, I provide a coupling means fused by a slight rise in temperature to permit of the release ofthe spring 17 so that the reel may be automatically moved into the position illustrated in Fig. 1. A suitable type of means to retain the spring 17 in the position illustrated in Fig. 2, is as follows: 26 is a' link made of material that will readily fuse, and the sameis coupled to the end of the spring 17 by the eye 27. Coupled to said link is-a split cotter pin 28 which has frictional contact with a'pocket 29 formed in the coupling 30 which is suitably connected to the wall or other support 31. A sufficient rise in temperature will fuse the link 26, with the result before described.

Should it be desired to uncouple the spring 17 from the wallor support 31 without destroying thelink 26, this can be readily done by exerting suflicient pull to remove the cotter pin 28 from the coupling 30.

From the foregoing specification it will be understood that I have provided a reel which reduces to a minimum the time necessary to direct a stream of water to any given point.

It will of course be understood that it is not absolutely essential for me to make use of the means described for storing energy as the hose is unwound, though I prefer to make use of suitable means for that purpose.

It will also be understood that I do not confine myself to necessarily using the spring 17 and the coupling means therefor in combination with a reel embodying my invention.

l Vhile I have described what I consider to be the best embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that the principle can be embodied in different forms and I desire not to be limited beyond the requirements of the prior art and the terms of my claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. The combination of a horizontally disposed hose reel having a circular tooth-provided rotary member; a vertically disposed conduit; means coupled to said conduit and on which said reel is mounted to rotate and by means of which water is conveyed to the hose wound on said reel; a horizontally disposed controlling valve in said conduit hav ing its valve rod extending outside the same; a toothed wheel secured to said valve rod and having a face of greaterwidth than the face of said rotary tooth-provided member with which it meshes; the said toothed wheel designed to be operated by said circular tooth-provided member to open said controlling valve as the reel is rotated by the pulling of the hose therefrom.

2. The combination with a hose reel having a circular tooth-provided rotary member at its inner end; a conduit; rotatable means coupled to said conduit and on which the inner end of said reel is mounted to rotate, and by means of which water is conveyed to the hose wound on the said reel; a controlling valve in said conduit having its valve rod extending outside the same; a toothed wheel secured to said valve rod and having a' face of greater width than the face of said circular tooth-provided member with which it is designed to be brought into mesh; the said toothed wheel designed to be operated by said circular tooth-provided member to open the said controlling valve as the reel is rotated by the pulling of the hose therefrom; a bracket mounted to turn on said conduit and on the upper end of which is spring attached at its outer end to said bracket, and secured at its inner end to a suitable support, and a fusible link whereby said leaf spring is normally coupled to a wall, the said link designed to be destroyed by a rise in temperature to permit said leaf spring to move said reel to bring said toothprovided member into mesh with said toothed wheel.

3. The combination With a hose reel having a circular tooth-provided rotary member at its inner end; a conduit; rotatable means coupled to said conduit and on which the inner end of said reel is mounted to rotate, and by means of which water is conveyed to the hose wound on said reel; a controlling valve in said conduit having its .v-alve rod extending outside the same; a toothed wheel secured to said valve rod and having a face of greater width than. the face of said circular tooth-provided member with which it is designed to be brought into mesh; the said toothed wheel designed to'be operated by said circular tooth-provided member to open the said controlling valve as the wheel is rotated by the pulling of the hose therefrom; a bracket mounted to turn on said conduit and on the upper end of which is journaled the outer end of said reel; a leaf spring attached at its outer end to said bracket, and secured at its inner end to a suitable support, and a fusible link whereby said leaf spring is normally coupled to a wall, the said link designed to be destroyed by a rise in temperature to permit said leaf spring to move said reel to bring said toothprovided rotary member into mesh with said toothed wheel, and locln'ng means carried by said conduit and designed to engage with said coupling means to lock said reel in operative position in respect of the toothed 7 wheel for said controlling valve.

]ournaled the outer end of said reel; a leaf the inner end of 4. The combination With a hose reel having a circular tooth-provided rotary member at its inner end; a conduit; rotatable means coupled'to said conduit and on which said reel is mounted to rotate, and by means of which Water is conveyed to the hose Wound on the said reel; a

'ble means whereby said spring is normally 'thesaid toothed Wheel designed to be oper- 15 her to open the said controlling valve as the ated by said circular tooth-provided memreel is rotated by the pulling of the hose therefrom; a spring attached at its outer end to the outer end of said reel, and secured at its inner end to a suitable support, and fusicoupled .to a Wall, which fusible means is designed to be destroyed by a rise in temperature to permit said spring to move said reel to bring said tooth-provided member into mesh With said toothed wheel.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents 5. The combination of a horizontally disposed hose reel having a vided rotary member; avertically disposed conduit; means coupled to said conduit and on which said reel is mounted to rotatea'nd by means of which Water-is conveyed to the hose Wound on said reel; a horizontally discircular tooth-pro posed controlling valve in saidconduit hava ing its valve rod extending outsidethe same;

a toothed Wheelfeathered on said valve rod,

so as to permit of the closing of said valve member with which it meshes in orderto.

open said controlling valve as the reel 7 is rotated by the pulling of the hose therefrom.

In testimony whereof I do affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

NORMAN FREDERICK mvu) BEARD.

Witnesses: r e

EGERTON R. CASE, 0. M. BonKINsHAw.

Washington, D. G. 

